Today, we look at the rate of stoppage losses and how it affects aging fighters. The critics against older fighters competing should have a good time with this one.
First, a few notes.
- I included TKOs, KOs, and DQs in the stoppages.
- The “dotted line” represents the sample average.
- The “red line” represents the trendline — helping to smooth out the peaks and valleys.
The limits of the sample set shine through in this analysis, so I decided to toss the trend-line in. For the younger fighters, the stoppages account for less than 25% of the losses, but notice how that nearly doubles (on a trend-line basis) once the fighters get into their 40s.